Saturday 26 January 1666/67

Up, and at the office. Sat all the morning, where among other things I did the first unkind [thing] that ever I did design to Sir W. Warren, but I did it now to some purpose, to make him sensible how little any man’s friendship shall avail him if he wants money. I perceive he do nowadays court much my Lord Bruncker’s favour, who never did any man much courtesy at the board, nor ever will be able, at least so much as myself. Besides, my Lord would do him a kindness in concurrence with me, but he would have the danger of the thing to be done lie upon me, if there be any danger in it (in drawing up a letter to Sir W. Warren’s advantage), which I do not like, nor will endure. I was, I confess, very angry, and will venture the loss of Sir W. Warren’s kindnesses rather than he shall have any man’s friendship in greater esteem than mine. At noon home to dinner, and after dinner to the office again, and there all the afternoon, and at night poor Mrs. Turner come and walked in the garden for my advice about her husband and her relating to my Lord Bruncker’s late proceedings with them. I do give her the best I can, but yet can lay aside some ends of my own in what advice I do give her. So she being gone I to make an end of my letters, and so home to supper and to bed, Balty lodging here with my brother, he being newly returned from mustering in the river.

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"poor Mrs. Turner come and walked in the garden for my advice about her husband and her relating to my Lord Bruncker's late proceedings with them"

See 21 Jan: "After we had supped, and merry, we parted late, Mrs. Turner having staid behind to talk a little about her lodgings, which now my Lord Bruncker upon Sir W. Coventry's surrendering do claim, but I cannot think he will come to live in them so as to need to put them out." http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1667/01/21/

From the latent heat in the writing here, it is likely that this entry was contemporary with the events. It is interesting that Pepys should conceive this anger at Warren, whom, unless I am mistaken, is one of his closest colleagues.

"I did the first unkind [thing] that ever I did design to Sir W. Warren", ... "will venture the loss of Sir W. Warren’s kindnesses rather than he shall have any man’s friendship in greater esteem than mine."

Yup. Mistreating Warren is a sure-fire way to get him to value you as his best friend. Being unkind will surely teach him to like you all the more!

Sam is the heart-broken lover who finds their dear one attention's may have been interested...And now may be moving on to a new beau with more to offer.

More seriously, he's risked a lot for Warren in supporting his interests, and it seems, believed he had a real friend in him. He's not about to let Sir William quietly drop him...Especially for one of the titled boys.

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"wants mine." rather than "wants money" is how it's read in the audio versions of the diary at least.

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"How could Warren be so false and two-faced to me, Bess?! I trusted him, put my faith in him. How could he use me so badly after all we've been through together?"

"Bess...Imagine if I'd committed adultery with one or perhaps more of our neighbors...Say Diana Crisp back in Axe Yard. And with say, on a long-term basis with a linen-seller in Whitehall...And her sister. And pressured several wives and widows of naval employees to become my mistresses. And had casual relations with any willing barmaid or barber's assistant who took my fancy and didn't fend me off. And with any desperately unhappy actress I could lure to our grand parties. And threatened to endanger our future and humilate you by forcing myself on young and innocent girls barely into their teens, daughters of our naval office employees. And on one or more of our young and innocent neighbors, like our dear Betty Mitchell. And sold you into sexual bondage for 800Ls to my Uncle Wight? How would you feel?"

"What?"

"Oh, right...Knew I'd forgotten to tell you something important tonight. Anyway, Bess...Have some compassion for me."